This is Ava Dallesandro’s first year in PPC. She is a sophomore Theater major at McCallum’s Fine Arts Academy, where she has played Helene in Sweet Charity, understudied as “Leading Player” in Pippin, and played Snow White in The Descendants. Before that she studied for five years at The Adderley School and danced at Ballet Afrique since she was three years old. Ava starred in Chinwe Okorie’s 2022 short film Elephant!.